Senior Security Operations Analyst

About the role

The Senior Security Operations Analyst is a subject‑matter expert in cyber incident response, threat hunting, and advanced security analysis. The role provides senior technical leadership within the Security Operations Centre (SOC) and serves as a trusted escalation point for complex incidents.

Key responsibilities

• Perform advanced monitoring and analysis across enterprise networks, cloud platforms, endpoints, and security tooling.
• Act as the senior escalation point for high‑impact security events and conduct in‑depth investigations of anomalous activity.
• Lead Level 3 incident response activities, including containment, eradication, recovery support, and post‑incident forensic analysis.
• Execute proactive and reactive threat hunting using advanced telemetry and intelligence sources.
• Analyse threat intelligence to identify trends, adversary behaviour, and improve detection logic.
• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve SOC playbooks, procedures, and workflows.
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and training to Level 1 and Level 2 SOC analysts.
• Collaborate with internal technology teams, security specialists, and clients to enhance security outcomes.

Required profile

• Minimum 5 years of experience in a Security Operations Centre, including senior analyst or Level 3 responsibilities.
• Demonstrated expertise in incident response, advanced threat hunting, and forensic analysis.
• Strong working knowledge of SIEM, SOAR, and SOC tooling.
• Experience developing and maintaining SOC processes and playbooks.
• Excellent analytical, investigative, and written reporting skills.
• Proven ability to mentor and support junior analysts.

Required skills

• SIEM
• SOAR
• Incident response
• Threat hunting
• Forensic analysis
• Threat intelligence
• Security monitoring and detection
• Cloud platforms